Reportage

Family is of very high importance to most people. More than a few decades ago, young people state “marrying and having children” as a wish for the future. However, every fifth woman in Germany remains childless.

Episode 1

The Chinese love Schiller. The German classic has been highly regarded by them for decades. For them, Schiller is THE poet of freedom. His dramas are compulsory reading in schools.

For 25 years, Dr. Hans-Ulrich Peter has been traveling to Antarctica—longer and more often than any other German ornithologist. In 1983, when the ornithologist from the University of Jena was on King George Island for the first time with a GDR research expedition, he stayed for a full 15 months.

Theme Day “Our Planet Earth”

It is a myth and an economic factor, a tourism magnet and cultural capital—the Thuringian Forest. No other federal state has such a high tree density as the “green heart of Germany.”

China is booming. So much so that entirely new cities are emerging in the Middle Kingdom. One of them is Anting New Town on the outskirts of Shanghai. Planned and designed by German architects, including Christian Wittig from Weimar. He was commissioned to design parks, streets, leisure facilities, and the urban infrastructure.

Opinions are divided in Jena regarding Pastor Lothar König. Many would like to be rid of him, along with the street children he has cared for for years. But the regional church stands behind the pastor of the Junge Gemeinde Stadtmitte, who fights daily against prejudice and addresses social problems with provocative actions.